About UtilityTools.eu
UtilityTools.eu exists for one reason: the boring, useful tools you reach for every week — JSON formatters, password generators, timestamp converters, CV builders, budget calculators — shouldn't require an account, an ad-walled landing page, a "free trial", or that you trust some unknown server with your data.
Who builds and maintains it
UtilityTools.eu is built and maintained by BENANDLIVA / Nugzar Guliashvili, based in Denmark in the European Union. For bug reports, privacy questions or tool suggestions, write to [email protected].
Privacy-first by design
The tools are designed to run in your browser using standard web APIs wherever possible. When you paste JSON into the formatter, generate a password, build a CV, or compute a hash, that content is handled locally by the page. We don't have accounts or a user-content database.
Concretely:
- No analytics. No Google Analytics, no Plausible, no pixel beacons, no third-party JavaScript watching you.
- No own cookies. The site itself sets none. The only browser storage we use is
localStorageon the same machine — for tools like the CV maker that autosave your work locally, and to remember your favorited tools or theme. - No accounts. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to forget the password to.
- No database. The server has no database — nothing about you is stored anywhere.
- Browser-first tools. The server normally only ships HTML/CSS/JS files and a small public list of tools. A few explicitly networked tools, such as IP lookup or FTP Explorer, say so on their pages because they need a server or third-party request to work.
- Ads — Google AdSense only. To keep the site free and pay for hosting we run Google AdSense and nothing else. No retargeting pixels, no analytics SDKs, no other ad networks. Full disclosure on the privacy page.
Where it's hosted
The site runs on a single small DigitalOcean droplet in the Frankfurt (FRA1) data center — inside the EU, under EU jurisdiction. There is no database attached, no third-party backend, and no analytics service. The server's only job is to ship static files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) over HTTPS. Standard short-lived web-server access logs are kept by the hosting provider for security and rotated quickly.
An EU alternative
Most "free online tools" sites are based in the US, run on US-owned analytics, and quietly funnel your data through dozens of partners. We are based in the European Union and built specifically to be a clean, GDPR-friendly alternative — small, fast, and respectful by default. If a tool you'd find useful is missing, we're always open to suggestions.
Why "boring tools"?
Because the dull utilities are the ones we reach for every week. They don't need AI, they don't need fancy branding — they just need to be fast, correct, and there when you need them. We obsess over making each one a single, focused page that loads in under a second and does exactly what it says.
Open and free
All 120 tools are free, with no usage limits, no premium tier, and no sneaky upsells. Many pages keep working after the first visit because each tool is a small HTML/CSS/JavaScript page your browser can cache.
Technical details
The site is built with Node.js, Express, and plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript. No heavy frontend framework, no build step, and no analytics tracker. It is hosted on DigitalOcean in Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪, with no user database. Some tools load open-source libraries from public CDNs when needed, and a few network tools call documented APIs to perform their specific function. The only advertising service is Google AdSense, disclosed in the Privacy Policy.
Maintenance approach
Tools are kept focused and tested manually against common examples before publication. When a tool handles sensitive input, the page explains the privacy model and limitations so you can decide whether it fits your use case.